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Electrical referral service

Tell us what is wrong. We send your request to one electrical company in your city.

A dead outlet and a burning smell at the panel are different calls with different bills. Pick the job and add your ZIP code, and we pass the request to a single electrical company that serves it. You agree the price with that company, and before work starts you can ask for its license number and look it up with your state's licensing board.

Sparks, smoke or a burning smell: leave and call 911. A downed line or a torn service mast: stay 25 feet back, call 911, then your utility. For anything else urgent, use the form with Emergency ticked. Send an emergency request
  • One company gets your requestNo list of bidders: the company that receives your request is the one that calls, and the consent line on the form says so before you send anything.
  • Your state's rules, in plain wordsLicensing, the electrical code edition your state has adopted, permits and utility rules: each with a link to the page it came from.
  • Estimates, marked as estimatesEach cost table opens with an estimated range from a model, built from published national ranges, what electricians are paid and the permit fees we could read. We have not collected quotes from electrical companies, and every cost table says so.

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Free to use. Three short steps: the job, the place, then how to reach you.

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We check whether a company serves your ZIP before we ask for your phone number.

Free to use. The electrical company that receives your request pays us; you never do. How it works

11electrical jobs explained, with what to check first
1 statelive now, with more opening one at a time
Datedevery page shows when it was last reviewed and where each rule came from
Services

The 11 jobs we cover, and what each one involves

Each service page covers what an electrician does on the job, when it cannot wait, what to check first and when a permit comes into it. When a rule for your state could not be sourced, the page says that instead of guessing.

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Emergency electricianPanel upgradeOutlet and switchEV chargerLightingGenerator install
How it works

How a request becomes a phone call

Three steps, with nothing for sale at the end. We are a referral service: we do not do the work, hold an electrical license or set prices. The electrical company that receives your request pays us, and you never do.

How we are paid
  1. 01

    Pick the job and add your ZIP code

    One tap for the job, then five digits. If no company we send to serves your ZIP, the form says so now, before it asks for your phone number.

  2. 02

    Say how to reach you

    Name, phone and email go on the last step, with a line beside each saying why we ask. Only the company that gets your request is meant to call the number you give.

  3. 03

    One company calls

    It names its own price and you can say no. If nobody calls, no company took the job, and the license lookup and guides on this site are the next step.

Tools

Three tools you can use before you give a phone number

A panel check, an EV charger planner and a permits-and-DIY-limits page. Each answers a question people tend to have before they ask for a quote, and none asks for your name.

Do I need a panel upgrade?

Four questions on panel label, main breaker, symptoms and plans give a verdict: Upgrade, Watch or Fine, with utility and permit notes.

Panel label with amperage and brand fieldsLook at the label on the inside of the panel door. Two fields matter for an upgrade check: the amperage rating and the brand name. Write both down before you ask for a quote.Panel label with amperage and brand fieldsLook at the label on the inside of the panel door. Two fields matter for an upgrade check: the amperage rating and the brand name. Write both down before you ask for a quote.AmpsBrandFind these two on the panel label
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EV charger planner

Panel headroom by simple subtraction, circuit size, the permit rule and dated utility rebate status, plus questions to ask.

Load headroom bar showing room for an EV chargerLook at the bar that shows the whole panel capacity. The gray part is what the house already uses, the dashed block is the EV charger, and the remaining space is spare headroom.Load headroom bar showing room for an EV chargerLook at the bar that shows the whole panel capacity. The gray part is what the house already uses, the dashed block is the EV charger, and the remaining space is spare headroom.Panel capacityExisting loadEV chargerSpareDoes the panel have room?
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Permits and DIY limits

What a homeowner may do personally, what needs a license, what needs a permit and inspection, and who issues it, by job, with the sources.

A line between work a homeowner may do and work that needs a licenseLook at the dashed line down the middle. Left of it: simple device swaps like an outlet, a switch or a light fixture. Right of it: the panel and the service connection, which need a licensed electrician.A line between work a homeowner may do and work that needs a licenseLook at the dashed line down the middle. Left of it: simple device swaps like an outlet, a switch or a light fixture. Right of it: the panel and the service connection, which need a licensed electrician.HomeownerLicense requiredOutlet, switch, lightPanel and service
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Coverage

State by state, city by city

Each live state has a page on licensing, the code and permits, and each city page says who enforces the electrical code there and which electric utility serves it.

Browse every state
Guides

Guides written for your house

The guides cover permits, license types, panel upgrades, EV chargers, generators, alarms and storm damage, and each lists its sources at the bottom.

All guides
For electrical contractors

Electrical companies: receive these requests

If you run an electrical contracting company and want homeowner requests for the work and ZIP codes you choose, the partner page explains what we send and how to apply.

See the partner pageWe keep the license number you give us on file.See the partner pagesupport@electricianmatchusa.com
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